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Rhodotypiscus nasonis

Artiopoda - Agnostida - Spinagnostidae

Taxonomy
Rhodotypiscus nasonis was named by Öpik (1979). Its type specimen is CPC 14072 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Camooweal Area, which is in a Floran carbonate limestone in the Currant Bush Limestone Formation of Australia. It is the type species of Rhodotypiscus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Rhodotypiscus nasonis Öpik p. 79 figs. pl.16, fig.l

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
RankNameAuthor
classArtiopodaHou and Bergstrom
orderAgnostidaSalter 1864
suborderAgnostinaSalter 1864
superfamilyCondylopygoideaRaymond 1913
familySpinagnostidaeHowell 1935
genusRhodotypiscusKobayashi 1939
speciesnasonis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Rhodotypiscus nasonis Öpik 1979
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: blindf
Created: 2009-12-13 02:46:29
Modified: 2009-12-13 04:46:29
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Floran to the top of the Undillan or 504.50000 to 500.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Floran504.5 - 503.0Australia (Northern Territory) Rhodotypiscus nasonis (225075)
Floran504.5 - 503.0Australia (Queensland) Rhodotypiscus nasonis (type locality: 225076 225224)
Floran - Undillan504.5 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Rhodotypiscus nasonis (225217)
Undillan503.0 - 500.5Australia (Queensland) Rhodotypiscus nasonis (225226 225227 225228)